Culture takes Flight

Favorite thing:
I would definitely take them to the Jong-ro district. The center of the city has many exciting places, restaurants, cafes, fashion stores. They can buy a lots of stylish clothes and accessories at fairly cheap price.

Fondest memory:
I had a chance to visit Incheon Airport in Korea, one of the most advanced and attractive airports in the world, recently during my business trip. The first impression I got when I stepped in was a very clean and well-organized layouts. All the facilities and stores around were easily noticed and the signages were well positioned to guide people in the building. In addition to the outstanding structures in hardware standpoints, they also give excellent cultural events regularly inside of the airport at free of charge to visitors. When I was there, they showed some kind of Chinese acrobat performance on the open stage centred 1st floor of the building. Many people were enjoying the show with big applause and it seems they never got bored waiting for their flights or someone arriving. The event schedule let me know that almost every week they are having a couple of such good events, not just one time in a certain period of time. I really enjoyed the show and had a pleasant experience. The photo I uploaded here is one of the recent performances they give. I really recommend you check the event schedule and watch it if you have an opportunity of visiting Korea soon.

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63 Building

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63 Building is the tallest building in Korea. It is located in Yeoyido, Seoul. 63 Building has many wonder places to go. There are I-MAX, Aquarium, Madam Tusso(Wax museum) and so on. If you go to there on Monday, You can get discount for 25 years celebration event.Also, if you want to enjoy with little money, you can buy 'Big 4 ticket' which can enjoy only 4 places. I went to there last month. I really enjoyed 63 building with little money. And the night is coming, you can see fantastic night view in Korea.

Children's Museum

Favorite thing:
Situated by the side of National Folk Museum. this Museum is Hand on exhibitions for Children to learn Folk knowledge about Traditional Korean costume, making Kimchi, playing Folk games and the other things.

PC Bang

Favorite thing:
PC Bang is Internet Game room.web surfing and e-mail tooKorea is lots of on-line internet game country.everywhere easy find in PC Bang signboard.inside smoking zone and nosmoking zone.very noice game sound and music sound.but PC Bang is interesting places.you have a another experience about part of Korean young people

Fondest memory:
All PC Bang inside have a vending machinecoffee and run small snack store.

Seoul Cinema Town

Favorite thing:
The nearby Picadilly and … theaters were closed so this one was packed the couple of times I went by. It is so cheap to see movies here (remember I am coming from Japan)!! There is also assigned seating. Walking from JongRo3 station lots of older ladies will be screaming at the people walking by. Don’t be alarmed, they aren’t angry they are just scalpers. Scalpers for the movies – only in Korea!!.

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The big busy city

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Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is set on the Han River that runs across the central part of the Korean Peninsula. A modern, bustling city, Seoul still retains many glimpses of its ancient past in the form of royal palaces, museums, pagodas and traces of the ancient walls.

Served by Incheon International Airport, 62 kilometers from the city, and Gimpo Domestic Airport, just 25 kilometers away, Seoul is encircled by mountains with Namsan (South Mountain) in the centre. The city is dotted with relaxing parks, including the nation's largest park complex, Seoul Grand Park, which contains Seoul Zoo, Seoul Land Amusement Park and the botanical garden. Seoul Tower, which soars above the densely clustered pine trees on the summit of Namsan, is located in Namsan Park and houses the Aquarium and Ocean Life Museum.

Seoul's museums reflect Korean culture, both traditional and modern, and many of them are in the central district of Jung-gu. Namdaemun (South Gate) market is a bustling market place with rows of stalls that sell virtually everything while Itaewon is a renowned shopping and entertainment area. For more upmarket shopping, Apgujung-dong is the area to find the world's top fashion houses, fine restaurants and entertainment centers.

Nanta Theater

Fondest memory:
Called 'Cookin'' in English, the nonverbal performance had become so popular that a 'Nanta'-only theater has opened July 1 to meet demand. Located near Toksugung Palace in central Seoul, the 300-seat Nanta Theater show the ambitious project all year round. 'Nanta,' dramatizes Korea's traditional percussion performance 'samulnori,' which uses drums and gongs to produce distinctive beats and rhythms. Instead of these traditional musical instruments, which originated in rural agricultural culture, 'Nanta' performers use anything lying around the kitchen, such as brooms, knives, trash cans and mops, to create their own brand of samulnori. This must-see performance, which debuted in 1997, has attracted over 350,000 viewers worldwide, becoming the nation's longest-running show.

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Seoul Tower

Seoul Tower is one of the must see places to visit in Seoul. It is located on top of Mount Namsan, and it's 237m tall. If you buy a ticket at the tower you can also visit other places such as the underground aquarium. It's quite a view from the tower overlooking Seoul especially at night. When the weather is good you can see as far as Inch'on. Furthermore, you can have a pleasant time dining at the revolving restaurant with a spectacular view of the city. Taking the cable car to come down from the tower will be a wonderful experience. If you have extra time, visit Palgakjong and Ponsudae located close to the tower. Ponsudae used to be a place to warn people of invading enemies using smoke signals. A special event is held on January 1st every year and gives you an opportunity to see traditional Korean games such as kite flying

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Seoul has many palaces...

Favorite thing:
Seoul has many palaces everywhere, especiall in Kwang-Buk region, where remain old former houses and looking-disorder roads. The opposite region is Kwang-Nam where place souther part of Seoul ,young people have lived and modern styles exist for the younger. It will be great fun watch the different stlyes of them.

Fondest memory:
I took off my school for temporally. And I'm staying here Pusan with my family now where southern part of South-Korea. I always miss the gorgeous palaces, my inspiring places.

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There are a few 'World...

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There are a few 'World Heritages' in Seoul designated by UNESCO. Be sure to visit them!!!

Fondest memory:
Economic ( money saving ) night shopping place is easilyaccessible. You'd better take subway train line 1 and get off at 'Tongdaemun station.' There are 8 subway linesin Seoul and they will take you to wherever you want.Tongdaemun is one of old( more than 600 years ) gates offortress which surrounded seoul. You will find many hugeshopping malls and street markets there.This information will not let you down.

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